For specialists, it's slightly different. NFL kickers, punters and long snappers march to a different drum than the rest of the team. They are among football's most important positions but often the most forgotten... until the game's most crucial moments.
Our routine is so different. We don't have meetings. Well, we do have meetings, but we don't have nearly the amount of meetings that every other player does... So we'll just be sitting around and everybody's like, 'Oh man, look at these guys having fun.'
After one of the Chargers' first days of training camp, linebacker Daiyan Henley posted a video on Instagram of kicker Cameron Dicker and punter JK Scott hanging out in the pool... To be a specialist during training camp,... Make those kicks, boys. Make those kicks.
It makes for a stressful, high-stakes job, but in practice, that job can look like a vacation: golf swings, creating the Chargers' first swim team and video gaming are among the tasks Chargers specialists tackle while their teammates are actually tackling.
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